2011 Fellowship of Sts. Alban and Sergius Conference

September 2011

From Thursday, September 8, through Saturday, September 10, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary hosted the North American Conference of the Fellowship of Ss. Alban and Sergius. On the evening of September 8th, Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware)—Co-chair of Orthodox-Anglican Dialogue from 2008 to the present—commenced the proceedings by delivering the keynote. Prior to the keynote, at 7:30 p.m., the seminary bestowed an honorary doctoral degree upon His Eminence.

His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen), primate of the Orthodox Church in America, and Fr. Stephen Platt, general-secretary of the Fellowship from the United Kingdom, were also in attendance.

Throughout the conference, members of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA)–Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) Dialogue presented various papers addressing the history of Orthodox–Anglican relations.

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Open Forum and Panel: Archbishop Robert Duncan, Anglican Church in North America; Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware), Co-chair of Orthodox-Anglican Dialogue from 2008 to the present; Bishop Ray Sutton, chair of the Anglican Church in North America's Ecumenical Relations Task Force; Bishop Keith Ackerman, president of Forward in Faith North America; Fr. Chad Hatfield, chancellor/CEO at St. Vladimir's Seminary; and Fr. Stephen Platt, general secretary of the Fellowship of Ss. Alban and Sergius.

Dr. Michael Howell, Executive Director of Forward in Faith, a traditionalist Anglo-Catholic movement, and former Associate Professor at the University of South Florida: "John Mason Neale and His Legacy"

Bishop Keith Ackerman, now retired, was the eighth Bishop of Quincy in the Anglican Church in North America and is currently and is currently serving as President of Forward in Faith North America, a traditionalist Anglo-Catholic movement operating in a number of provinces of the Anglican Communion.

In this opening session, Metropolitan Kallistos is first bestowed with an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from St. Vladimir's Seminary. He then goes on to speak about Orthodox theology—both present and future.